Rocktron Intellifex and Replifex?

[ibanez4life SZ!]

Hey guy!

I have a lead on these two units, and am thinking about adding them to the rig.

First off, is it worth owning both? I've seen some cool posts where people use them together for ALL their effects needs, saying the units compliment each other well...

The intellifex seems to be the choice unit for delay, which is what I'd like out of it. The Replifex seems to do more modulation and other such effects. Is it possible for the replifex to replace my MXR EVH Phaser in front of the amp?

I currently don't use much more than a phaser out front and delay in the loop, but I'm open to experimenting with some new sounds and effects....would just one be better for me, or does one do things the other can't?

Do both run in the effects loop? One out front (Replifex) and the other in the loop (Intellifex)?

Any input would be great!

Thanks much!

Eric

 

[craftm1]

I also use both and love them. One nice feature about the replifex is if your using one amp it will switch you amp channels through you midi foot controller eliminating some tap dancing! But I agree with phsycodave, make up your own mind.

 

[Shask]

Yeah, the Intellifex is known for studio quality Chorus, Delay, and Reverb.

The Replifex is known for modeling of analog modulation effects. But, it has the above effects also, just not as in depth as the Intellifex.

 

[ibanez4life SZ!]

And between these, and a G-major 2, which would be your choice?

Eric

 

[rupe]

Until I upgraded to the Axe-FX, I used these two units together in my rack for many years...Intellifex for delay/reverb/pitch shifting and the Replifex for modulation. The only pedal I still needed was a wah.

 

[jabps]

Still today...both are fantastic units.

My only complaints...it can be a pain to program them. But they are the type of units...that once you get the hang of it you can run through them pretty quickly.

The Verbs, Delays, and Chorus on the Intellifex IMO are "as good" as just about anything out there...regardless of price.

I think the G-Major has a better interface than either Rocktron unit but I've owned 2 G-Majors...one that was screwed right out of the box and the other had weird phasing issue's. Never had the slightest issue's out of any Rocktron unit.

For straight simple effects in the loop...
Intellifex

For more options, relay switching, delay spillover, easier programming etc...
G-Major

 

[mentoneman]

i had both in my rig at one time.

sound great. the replifex had one of the most convincing mxr flanger settings i've ever heard, and that was side by side comparisons to the real original mxr box. one of the warmer multifx devices out at that time.
intellifex was great for clean 90's chorusing and dynamic delays.

i got to talk with buck and bill from rocktron for an hour or so at a namm show, as bill was building my tol 50 combo for me at the time, after they left rocktron and started isp.

bill told me tons of great info regarding designing the "fex"es and how the repli was rolled off in hi freq reproduction to approximate great old analog gear with limited bandwidth/dynamic range.
but the intellifex was the guitarist on a budget solution for wanting lexicon/tc sounds. the intelliverb was even more of a push towards lexicon pcm fidelity.

 

[squealie]

but the intellifex was the guitarist on a budget solution for wanting lexicon/tc sounds.

Budget? I bought my Intellifex in 1993, new. I paid over $800 for it.

 

[mentoneman]

but the intellifex was the guitarist on a budget solution for wanting lexicon/tc sounds.

Budget? I bought my Intellifex in 1993, new. I paid over $800 for it.

as opposed to a new 2290 or pcm 70...

 

[shredhead7]

I owned both at one time; the Intelli has better chorus, best I've heard in a rack unit, but the Repli is all around better. I personally didn't care for the Intelli's delay layout, where each delay is tied to the chorus unit; meaning you had two tap delay, or four tap delay, each tap being assigned to a chorus; so the chorus had to be on to use the delay. It still sounded great, but if you want just delay, to do a country slap back, it didn't work so well.

The replifex wasn't quite as nice in the chorus department, but was very transparent and each effect could be selected as a stomp box style on/off. This is a great feature! Also, the reverb and delay spill over were nice. The sound was really warm, while being relatively transparent.

I bought a cheap Alesis Quadraverb and side by side, I thought that the Quadraverb was a little more transparent on the delay's and had a better reverb. Since that is all I'm using for rack gear any way (I have flanger, phaser and chorus stomp boxes), I sold off the Rocktron stuff and bought a few more Quadraverbs for my different racks. At less than $100 a piece, they're a complete steal.

Either unit that you go with of the above three, will get you great results. For an all in one the replifex, for delays and verbs, the Quadraverb, for a lush Floyd, fill the room sound, the Intellifex.

 

[jabps]

I owned both at one time; the Intelli has better chorus, best I've heard in a rack unit, but the Repli is all around better. I personally didn't care for the Intelli's delay layout, where each delay is tied to the chorus unit; meaning you had two tap delay, or four tap delay, each tap being assigned to a chorus; so the chorus had to be on to use the delay. It still sounded great, but if you want just delay, to do a country slap back, it didn't work so well.

The replifex wasn't quite as nice in the chorus department, but was very transparent and each effect could be selected as a stomp box style on/off. This is a great feature! Also, the reverb and delay spill over were nice. The sound was really warm, while being relatively transparent.

I bought a cheap Alesis Quadraverb and side by side, I thought that the Quadraverb was a little more transparent on the delay's and had a better reverb. Since that is all I'm using for rack gear any way (I have flanger, phaser and chorus stomp boxes), I sold off the Rocktron stuff and bought a few more Quadraverbs for my different racks. At less than $100 a piece, they're a complete steal.

Either unit that you go with of the above three, will get you great results. For an all in one the replifex, for delays and verbs, the Quadraverb, for a lush Floyd, fill the room sound, the Intellifex.

Shred...that is exactly what I do with the Quadraverb...have used mine for years. I've owned so many effects processsors it's crazy and I always come back to the Quadraverb because the delays and verbs are exactly what I need. Once I racked all my pedals, in fact Phase, Flanger, Vibe, Chorus, Trem...w/ the Quadraverb Delays and some verbs I'm good to go. If they go down, just buy another for $100 bucks. I love the Quads...i consider them kinda low fi digital these days lol.

As long as you don't use the EQ section in the Quads they're pretty noiseless. Preset switching is instant. Good old school units.

 

[smucarolina]

I have a intellifex. Love it. Pain to program but GREAT quality unit and very transparent.

 

[squealie]

but the intellifex was the guitarist on a budget solution for wanting lexicon/tc sounds.

Budget? I bought my Intellifex in 1993, new. I paid over $800 for it.

as opposed to a new 2290 or pcm 70...

oops. You'd be right there. IIRC Lex had just released the LXP15 Which was in the same pricing world as the Intellifex at somewhere around a grand.

Heck, PCM70s are still expensive as crap for a 20 year old reverb.

 

[mentoneman]

As long as you don't use the EQ section in the Quads they're pretty noiseless. Preset switching is instant. Good old school units.

i had the quadraverb GT.
the pinnacle of preamp modelling. it brought the realest tears evar.

 

[jabps]

As long as you don't use the EQ section in the Quads they're pretty noiseless. Preset switching is instant. Good old school units.

i had the quadraverb GT.
the pinnacle of preamp modelling. it brought the realest tears evar.

The GT was a nightmare...I'm not even sure what Alesis was thinking on that...pre-amp, boost for an already distored sound...whatever it was, was horrible. Good friend bought it years ago but the pre-amp sounding so bad he didn't keep it long.

The best of those Alesis Quads was the Quadraverb Plus. You had the...

Original Quadraverb
Ouadraverb Plus (what I have) with extended bandwidth and Multi-Tap Delap (which all my delay presets are based on).
Quadraverb GT...surely you can by-pass the pre-amp. I've never checked into it. If not, yikes.
Qaudraverb 2...fantastic sounding unit. On par with some serious high dollar stuff...but you wanna talk about a bitch to program. This thing makes the Lexi MPX-1 look like a walk in the park.

If I ever get another effects processor it'll probably be the Axe-Fx or just a true old school dedicated delay unit. I use verb so little anyway. In fact my main rhythm tone is dry anyway and that's why after my last go around with the G-Major and the Lexi MPX-G2 it was just kinda...what for. I love pedals in the front and the old Quad does the delays and verbs fine.

 

[gbx78]

Hi guys... i know this is an old thread... but i saw mention above using intellifex and replifex together .. I have an intellifex ltd and a replifex (i just bought cause it was cheap.. yes im a gear bargain whore) .. how would i connect them up together and so they arent pumping out the same effect on effect .. my preamp is an ada mp1 and my power amp is a vht 2/90/2 .. yes this thing rocks the house. I mite end up just using one or the other .. but it'd be nice to hook em up and use them together if it permits.. i use a midmate foot pedal and i use midi cable between the intellifex and ada .. ( i still havent configured to use the pedal yet properly) .. any suggestions would be appreciated

 

[steve_k]

Do you guys notice a lot of A/D/A conversion loss with the Intellifex? I don't even bother programming mine. There's plenty enough presets in it. Just a couple is all I need. I bought an older Made in USA unit off ebay and it gets the job done.

Steve

 

[srommes]

Do you guys notice a lot of A/D/A conversion loss with the Intellifex? I don't even bother programming mine. There's plenty enough presets in it. Just a couple is all I need. I bought an older Made in USA unit off ebay and it gets the job done.

Steve

The Intellifex units are some of the most transparent sounding fx units ever made. This is due to the fact that they have a true analog dry path. As long as you set the mixer to pre hush(bypassing the hush) it is completely transparent and will leave your dry tone in tact.

 

[steve_k]

Do you guys notice a lot of A/D/A conversion loss with the Intellifex? I don't even bother programming mine. There's plenty enough presets in it. Just a couple is all I need. I bought an older Made in USA unit off ebay and it gets the job done.

Steve

The Intellifex units are some of the most transparent sounding fx units ever made. This is due to the fact that they have a true analog dry path. As long as you set the mixer to pre hush(bypassing the hush) it is completely transparent and will leave your dry tone in tact.

Oh shit.........thanks for that dude. I didn't even think about bypassing the Hush.

Steve

 

[mentoneman]

bypassing the hush was definitely the massive leap from digi to analog path
for the guy that wanted to avoid series stacking grab a rack mixer and run them in parallel

if you dare.
this allows 1 gtr to feed 2 fx inputs
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Lehle-P...-i1326023.gc?source=4WFRWXX&CAWELAID=90013793

and this combines the 2 stereo outputs in parallel down top one stereo output
http://www.rjmmusic.com/minilinemixer.php